War prep delays cited in arms makers testimony
Manufacturers testified that they began work on new Browning machine guns and modified Enfield rifles in anticipation of war, often without orders. Delays stemmed from the ordnance bureau’s lack of action and later shifts to superior American ammunition and weapons.
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Washington, DD
Army Ordnance Bureau
Ordnance Bureau
War Department
Henry Kimball
Remington Company
Vier
Jona
Ft Pritieh
Ron
George
Tyler
Productom
Kimball
Hitchcock
Wadsworth
Remington
Vnaland
Eal Ay Natn
S % Ee
Martin Corporation
Stoddard
Earle
Army
Rice
Ordnance Department
Department
Bince
Sai
Bloddard
Breddard
Meten
Otterson
Winchester Compa
General Croater
Witnem Seems Eens
Ordnance
Contanue
Mis Aaid
Bala
Fey R Rm
Bey
Ditatan
Osterson
Manetae
Oreon
Erit
Olonel Thompson
Cienoral Grosier
Ight.light
Fire Claiming Martha Coulson at Esmond Home
In Esmond district on December 20 a blaze destroyed a home. charred bones confirm Martha Coulson aged 70 died in the fire. Neighbors found the fire about 11 PM and she lived alone, suspected to be overcome by smoke before escape.
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Esmond
Mre
Martha Coulson
Socialists Oppose Separate Peace With Russia
Stockholm reports central powers socialists oppose a separate peace with Russia. They fear it would strengthen German imperialisms and allow a massing of troops to crush the Allies. The international socialist bureau pressures both German and Russian socialists against such peace.
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Stockholm
Russia
Hunemop
International Socialiet Bureau B
Phillip Breadhman
Soclaliets
Separate Ce
Germany
Wage graft levied by Chicago police
Thomas F. Costello, former manager of Chicago’s police graft system under Chief Healey, testified he delivered 13 900 dollars over 16 months for protection of vice and gambling and restoration of forfeited saloon licenses. He said his share averaged 100 dollars a week and implicated 10 police captains and lieutenants.
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Chicago
Thomas F. Costello
Charles Healey
Healey
Navy has met the war test says Secretary in hearing
Secretary Daniela told the House naval subcommittee that the navy has met the war test, praising coordination with Allied personnel and noting progress in building capital ships and submarine chasers while acknowledging some remaining problems. He described aviation limits, contractor issues, and the need for ready gun crews for merchant ships.
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Washington, D
Delels
McGowan
Navy
House Naval Subcommittee
Daniela
Daniels
Lative Britten
Tien
Sims
Cmeas Goealp
Britton
Binn
Afmaire Aime
Sime
First Rivet Drive Signals Ship Lubrication Milestone
Washington official reports Chairman Murley will drive the first rivet tomorrow on a steel ship to be built for the government by a chipping board. The event marks the start of lubrication and assembly in the project.
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Washington, D. C
Jew
Murley
Coard
Tvo
Outlook Decidedly Bleak For Winter Wheat Harvest
Washington December 20 Winter heat this year led to the smallest condition on record for December 1. The Department of Agriculture estimates a 646 000 000 bushel crop, with final output depending on late conditions. Winter wheat acres total 42 170 000 with 79.8 percent of normal. rye 6 119 000 acres at 84.1 percent. Farmers urged to increase sowings to aid co belligerents, conserve wheat, and substitute corn meal. Last year saw high abandonment due to harsh conditions. November was very dry in key states.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
United States
Food Administration
Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Inoia
Indiana
Ohiio
Des Moines Women Interned Under Black Plague Law
Six Des Moines women labeled afflicted with black plague were ordered interned by the city council with the state board of health. The move, under Iowa Black Plague law, aims to curb venereal disease threats across Iowa as reports from physicians become evidence for detention.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Iowa
Government trims drug profits on German patent licenses
Washington reports the federal trade commission will limit profits on drugs manufactured under German owned patents. Vernonal, a hypnotic, will cost $20 a pound with a 15 percent profit cap. Novocain now up to $72 a pound may drop to about $3 1d per pound. The commission reserved the right to set price limits.
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Washington, D. C
Would Put Limit on Profits of Railways
Washington report says railroad firms oppose government compensation plans for takeovers. Senator Cummins proposes tying compensation to 6 percent of average market value over a term, challenging presidents who seek higher returns.
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Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C
Jon Bennine Dumming
Congress
Cummins
Senator New
Christmas Dinners Backed by Food Administration
Washington December 40. The old fashioned Christmas dinner was adored last night by the food administration. Turkey, geese and vegetables on which Americans dine at Christmas according to ancient custom are the very things the food administration wants them to eat as conserve Wheat, red meats, and other war needs.
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Washington, D. C
American submarine sunk. 19 lost in home waters
The U S Navy reported nineteen sailors died when the American submarine F-1 was rammed and sunk by Submarine F-3 in home waters on Monday afternoon. Sub F-3 survived and rescued survivors, including Lieut. A B Montgomery. Navy lists names and kin of the missing and the five saved, with home towns across California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and other states.
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Washington, D. C
Dev
Serviciim
Daniela
A. B. Montgomery
Cen Wae
Mra
Julia Ene Paga Pratt
Fort H. G. Wright
M. Lie
Ma J
Frank M. Hernard
Ister
Amelia Quintal
Gak
Cal
William I. Cartwright
Lenaeatt
Saceboer da Cartwright
Freany
Ry I. Corson
Henryk
Haze
Long Reach
Ae. Zoonan
Ldtan
Ohio
Simon Gs Neetricl
Iret el Piliadei Pha
Wat
Funner
Ary Stough
Harles Vincent
Philip
Vincest
Aseter
Thomas A
Asuen Oz Oe Nian Vara
Hinist
Opie
Rall
Atk Sys
West Meatile
Val
Florence M. McRae
Blain
Wash John P. McChannon
Philadelphia
Grover E. Sets
San Francisco
Little Jesus To Return With French Armies In Winter
Six year old Jean DuPont in Auvagnicourt hopes for the return of the Little Jesus this Christmas amid war ruins. He says the figure did not come while Germans occupied the land and trusts an American woman who helped his family.
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Little Jesus
France
Jean DuPont
Auvagnicourt
Jesus
Santa Claus
Litte Jean
Jean
Germans Round Up Fat Cats in Belgium
Washington dispatch reports German authorities ordered Neer near Antwerp to deliver 400 fat cats and Hinderbout 160 cats. The move appears tied to Germanys fat shortage, prompting regulation of home pets in occupied Belgium.
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Belgium
Washington, D. C
Neer
Antwerp
Hinderbout
Germany
Cabrera Leaves U S for Neutrality Conference
Louis Cabrera special envoy of the Mexican government departed Washington for Buenos Aires to attend the neutrality conference, angry over Secretary Lansing’s inaction and the war trade board control of exports, skipping formal goodbyes at the State Department.
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Washington
Louis Cabrera
Mexico
Buenos Aires
State Department
Secrtary Lansing
Cabrera
War Trade Board
Rolph Averted Western Sugar Famine Amid Shortage
Washington D C Dec 19 Sugar dealers in the Midwest telegraphed Hoover and Rolph of the food administration claiming there would have been a sugar famine if the California Hawaiian Refining company had not supplied cane sugar. The senate inquiry charges Rolph, as director of the sugar division, with blocking 110000 tons of raw sugar from entering the east when the shortage began on the Atlantic coast.
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Washington, D. C
Neat
Middle West
Hoover
George M. Rolph
The
Food Administration
California-Hawaiian Refining Company
Senate Sugar
Rolph
California-Hawaiian Company
Sugar
Atlantic
Sugar Shortage Debate Dashes Spreckels Claim
In Washington on December 19 Earl Baber contradicted Claus Spreckels by stating that rising consumption and distribution delays caused a sugar famine rather than a government shortage. He also denied a Cuban sugar surplus, as he leads the sugar trust and sits with the Hoover commission.
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Washington , D. C
Claus Spreckels
Food Administration
Earl Baber
Senate Sugar Investigation Committee
Sugar
Truat
Hoover Commission
Spreckles
German Food Outlook Described as Bad
The Berlin Tageblatt harshly criticizes wartime provisioning warning Berlin residents of an anxious winter with prospects for foodstuffs more unfavorable than at any time during the war. It says supplies are a terrible burden on the masses and that even the most essential items may be scarce.
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Btockholm
Berlin Tageblatt
Shakeup in Army Likely As Result of Inquiries
Washington reports a likely military shakeup driven by inquiries into war department conditions. Congress aims to expose issues in camps and logistics, with General Crowder and other top officers retained while others are reassigned. Gorgas cites insufficient clothing and sanitation at camps Powell, Punton, Doniphan, and Sevier, urging rapid hospital and plumbing improvements and observation camps for newcomers.
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Washington
D.C
United States
la Guing
Whit
War Department
Cantonmenta
Gorga
Kenyon
Camp Cody
General Crozier
Sharpe
Congress
Baker
George W. Goethota
War Council
Weaver
Barrette
Coast Artilery
William Crozier
Charles Wheeler
Ordnance
Ceneral Filles
Crowder
Hilee
Camp Powle
Tes
Camp Punaton
Kan
Camp Doniphan
Ola
Camp Sevier
Gorgan
Camp Foneton
Gorgas
Gorges
Germans Flood Slav Markets With Teutonic Goods Trade
London report says German war prisoners reach Moscow and Petrograd meetings organize, with Germany planning to flood Russia with manufactured goods in exchange for foodstuffs. Stores in Petrograd take orders as Germans barter goods for staples, signaling broad market exchange.
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London
Animasia
Morning Post
Russia
Petrograd
Moscow
Rrussia
Odessa Battles Rages As Ukrainian Forces Hold City
Heavy fighting reported at Odessa with Ukrainian troops shelling the port while Bolsheviki defend. By Dec 24 Ukrainian and Bolshevik forces clash on the streets. the opera house HQ for Ukrainians is armed with machine guns. Bolsheviki surround a railway station as ultimatum expires.
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Petrograd
Odessa
London
Opera
Colgate Company Indicted Over Fixed Retail Prices
Norfolk court records show Colgate & Co of Jersey City indicted by a federal grand jury for violating antitrust law by refusing to sell products to dealers who would not adhere to the company's fixed selling prices.
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Norfolk
Colgate & Co
Jersey City
United States
Women to Train Girls for Farm Labor Next Summer
Chicago reports hundreds of girls will be trained to replace men on farms next summer by the Woman's National Farm and Grange association. Two experimental farms have been donated for teaching the young women.
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Chicago
Woman's National Farm and Grange Association
Kaiser Negotiates for Gzar's Release
Petrograd reports on December 14 that the German emperor asked Russian armistice delegates to learn the fate of former Emperor Nicholas II and his family. The former royals reportedly wish to go abroad, while commissioners say they favor the family's wishes but would defer to the constituent assembly before acting.
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Petrograd
Nicholas
Reed
Olas
Tin Family
Vaudeville Houses Denied Light Law Exemption
Washington December 19 the Fuel Administration refused requests by vaudeville theaters for exemption from the light restrictions. Theaters argued their patriotic services justified relief for use of stages by four minute men and by solicitors for Liberty bond drives and other patriotic funds.
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Washington, D. C
Fuel Administration
Liberty Band
Red Crom
Gutierrez Launches Rebellion in Mexico
Eulallo Gutierres, once provisional president named by the Aguana convention led by Francisco Villa, has taken the field in Coahuila. He joined his brother Luis Gutierrez, who reportedly captured Monclova and other Coahuila towns, per La Prensa, San Antonio, Texas.
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Paso
Tex
Eulallo Gutierres
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Coahuila
Luis Gutierrez
Monclove
Usquis
la Prensa
San Antonio
Recall of General Sarrail Announced Amid Military Shifts
London reports that General Sarrail, Allied commander at Salonika, has been recalled. General Guillemet will assume command of the Macedonian armies. Sarrail’s earlier actions include battles near the Marne, defense of Verdun, and command at the Gallipoli front after Gouraud’s wounding.
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Sarrail
London
Salonik
Athena
Reuter
Superasor
Tt Te
Guillemet
Woman Not Christian Scientist Under Question in New York Case
Albert F. Gilmore of the New York Christian Science church publication committee says a suit by Gil M. Trankla against Clarence Burger for payment as a practitioner is not tied to Christian Science. He notes Trankla is not known as a member or regular attendee and not part of the Mother Church, while detailing the bylaws on compensation and discipline.
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New York
Albert F. Gilmore
Christian Science Church
New York State
Gil M. Trankla
Clarence ©. Burger
Gilmore
Boston
Sugar shortage blamed on car scarcity argues refiner head
Karl L. Baber of the American Sugar Refining Co testifies before a Senate committee that a car shortage caused most sugar shortage. He denies price fixing by refiners and says he withdrew from discussions when prices were raised. He admits attending conferences with Louisiana planters and food administration officials but claims he stayed out when prices were set.
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Washington
Karl L. Baber
American Sugar Refining Company
Senate
Haber
Louisiana
The
Food Administration
Five Per Cent of Men to Have Furloughs
Des Moines reports Camp Dodge plans to ease railroad congestion at Christmas by allowing 5 percent of officers and soldiers to return home. Auto caravans from Moline Keokuk and Des Moines organize trips, with other cities sending vehicles and gifts. Additional leave is granted from December 24 to January including travel dates. marriages during holidays are noted.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Bam
Aliameapolia
Moline
Keokuk
Des Molines
Citien
Yeashaw
Omoahe
Wordman
Christi Turlourhe
Stein
Renewed Efforts to Crush Italy Reported at Front
Berlin reports Austro German forces renewed attacks on Italian positions near Montegallo and surrounding heights with over 2000 soldiers involved. Front activity across the northern line includes attempts to pierce Italian defenses toward the Venetian plains and continued artillery clashes in France.
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Berlin
Fee Yeaterday
Montengoloye
Toltin
Italan
Brenta
Astico
Piave
Monte Solviolo
Pave
Nome Saya
Frenta
Voor
Herlin
France
Haig
London Times
Anities
Fas
Viecount French
Engel Airdrome Bombing Report From Huidah Navy
Admiralty statement says Huidah naval aircraft bombed Engel airdrome behind German lines at Flinders. Bombs burst near sheds ammo dump and railway sidings. one enemy aircraft shot down, one left ablaze. All our planes returned safely.
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London
Huidah
Engel
Flinders
Admiralty
Engel Sudrome
German forces redeploy men from Russian front to western lines
Reports from prisoners claim the German army planned to pull 20 to 35 year olds from the Russian front and replace them with older troops and new recruits. The resultant divisions on the eastern front remained numerically similar while the western front received the best fighting material.
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France
Russia
Germany
German Patrols Active Near Paaschendaele Front
British war office report says German patrols were active last night in Flanders near Paeschendaele. Reconnoiters attempted to approach ports southeast and northeast of Poaeschendacke but were driven off. A few prisoners were taken. Otherwise no notable actions reported.
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Paris
War Office
Juyencourt
Argonne
Four de Paris
Lorraine
Pitrey
Nancy
Dunkirk
London
Flanders
Paeschendaele
Poaeschendacke
French Cruiser Chateaurenault Sunk in Mediterranean Action
The old French cruiser Chateaurenault, used on a transport role, was torpedoed and sunk in the Mediterranean on December 14. The submarine that attacked her was later destroyed. Passengers, mostly soldiers and officers, were saved. ten crew members were lost.
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Paris
Chateaurenuult
Mediterranean
Glorious Christmas for Troops in Camp
In Washington D C Dee 20 The defective army plans a grand camp Christmas with new camp theaters opening for the first time and popular plays scheduled at prices from 6 to 29 cents.
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Washington, D.C
Dee
Christvona
Ordnance Plant Fire Destroys Submarine Chaser Equipment
A fire at the George HH. Whatever Company plant in Albany New York destroyed valuable antenna equipment for British French and Italian submarine chasers used in special equipment. The loss is estimated at 190000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
SN. Y
George HH
Nebraskansminded man charged with unpatriotic acts
In Eteorting Nebraska a Cennan farmer faced a tribunal on a Tuesday charge of unpatriotic conduct. He solicited support to translate patriotic texts into German and to fund alien enemies, refused Liberty bonds, and received threats. He promised to quit immediately.
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Wil
Drintinay Boxte
Postage Receipts Rise in December Totals
Washington reports a rise in postage receipts with the Increase in that class rates totaling 5,496,000 for November. The release notes overall gains amid higher rates and indicates continued activity in mailing volumes across categories.
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Washington
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